During spring break, Tania meets and falls in love with handsome Dan Maclean. Now hidden in her mind is a clue that will reveal Tom’s research, including secret formulas to unlock all seven powers. Until her geneticist brother Tom was murdered, Tania lived an ordinary life. Some of the powers are common, and some are rare. Tania Westing, a high school senior, is one of the Gifted Ones, descendants of an ancient family with seven special powers. A transplant to Utah from Canada (by way of Southern California), Carol’s first book, The Sixth Power, was published in January. Not only is Carol a BYU grad, as both Brittany and I are, but like us she’s a fan of science fiction and fantasy and enjoys quilting (one of Brittany’s favorite hobbies). As we learned about Carol, we found we had a lot in common. Wonderfully clean I believe it uses the “h” word one time.It’s Utah Book Month, and today were spotlighting local Utah author and blogger, Carol Nicolas. Despite Ginny’s family being almost TOO perfect (really, it’s a pleasant change form the usual dysfunction), I totally loved it. It’s a wonderfully clean story that is sensitive to issues of mental illness and abuse, with love and friendship to boot. Smitty IS a deep character, a genius who’s buried under a mask of unresponsiveness. I related so much to her struggle with knowing who she really is and then having the courage to act like that girl. I loved Ginny as my narrator she had such a unique but completely teenage voice, with this desire to BE something to someone and yet to feel like she fits in. I had no idea where this book was going to take me, but it was amazing. And eventually, Ginny decides that Smitty is worth trying to find, but the journey is not without heartache and some pretty serious consequences. His lack of emotional responses have prompted his classmates to call him “The Alien.” But maybe not - Ginny’s new friend Caulder doesn’t think so he thinks Smitty is in there somewhere. Smitty, the good-looking boy in her classes that is just … not right.
When Ginny moves from the west coast to the east coast, she knows things will be different - but she never anticipates meeting Smitty Tibbs.
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